Unspoiled natural beauty, mountains, stunning views, the most gorgeous beaches, thousands of square kilometers of dense jungle, forests and grasslands and wildlife you will not see anywhere else.

Of course, just like in any other country, not everything is completely rosy at all of Thailand’s national parks, as littering and noise are a problem in some areas as is wildlife poaching.

The way concessions are allocated by authorities to certain people and businesses, and not to others, is also often complained about by the locals.

The Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plants Conservation is coming up with new programs every year to try to combat some of these problems, however, and conditions do seem to be improving yearly.

Thai authorities also run various campaigns to inform the public about what is and is not acceptable behavior in Thailand’s national parks.

One such program that seems to have been successful over New Year was to provide visitors to national parks with a garbage bag and ask them to not only bring their own garbage out of the park when leaving, but to bring any other garbage they find as well.

Park officials then offered a souvenir of their visit in exchange for the trash bags they were given.